Twenty years into their career and five years after their last full-length, MXPX comes out of nowhere with a new album called “Plans Within Plans”.

Don’t expect anything you haven’t heard before. After all, you’ve already had twenty years to get used to their sound. One thing you won’t hear though is a bunch of burn-outs repeating themselves because they need the money. Instead MXPX sounds as youthful as ever as they work their way through thirteen upbeat and catchy pop-punk tunes. The only downside is that Mike Herrera still writes lyrics that read like diary entries… other than that “Plans Within Plans” is one of their best albums to date.